Immunity passports have been floated as a way to get people who've recovered from COVID-19 back to work. But a Harvard professor warns it could cut off marginalized populations from critical public resources.
A woman's blood is collected for testing of coronavirus antibodies at a drive-through testing site in Hempstead, N.Y., to determine whether she may have some immunity to the virus.A woman's blood is collected for testing of coronavirus antibodies at a drive-through testing site in Hempstead, N.Y., to determine whether she may have some immunity to the virus."Immunity passports" have been proposed as one way to reboot economies in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
In any case, she says, scientists aren't certain that it's even possible to achieve immunity from the coronavirus and how long that immunity would last. Governments including the U.K., the United States — as well as Chile has actually already begun to roll out a version of an immunity passport. Another issue that you raise is equity — that the poor will simply not have as much access to these immunity passports. Explain what you mean.
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